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What kind of foods do people make for the Zucchini Fest in Bristol? In the past, participants have made casseroles, bread, cake and cookies - all containing zucchini. The 10th annual Zucchini Fest is today. The zucchini cook-off starts at 5 p.m. Dishes are prepared in advance.

Girl Scouts will start taking orders for cookies today, and will continue to do so through March 14. Six former Girl Scout councils in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa have merged into one council: Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons (GSDH). During the 2008 inaugural GSDH cookie sale, the council hopes to sell 1 million boxes of cookies. If a Girl Scout does not knock on your door, call the Cookie Hotline at 1-800-666-2141. For more information, go online to www.gsdakotahorizons.

St. Mary's annual Cookie and Boutique Sale will be held Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. Hundreds of cookies, candies and goodies will be for sale. Also served will be a breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage and homemade rolls and a lunch of barbecues, baked beans and chips. Free-will offerings will be accepted. St. Mary's is located at 409 Second Ave. N.E.

The ladies of St. Mary's Parish have been preparing for their annual Cookie and Boutique Sale, which will be from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 13 at the church. A breakfast will be served after the 8:30 a.m. Mass, with donations collected. The sale will include cookies, candies and other baked goods.

Meet Red Cross volunteers and learn how to become one. Find out what the Red Cross is doing in the community by joining them for cookies and coffee from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday at the American Red Cross Office, 1024 S. Lawson St. Call Pam at 605-461-6181.

The new Roosevelt Apartment project will feature 32 apartments, none of which are the same. Some of the apartments also aren't what the developers expected. Adjustments were made as they went along, said Jack Hollinsworth of Roosevelt Apartments LLC, which is transforming the old Roosevelt Junior High into an apartment building. In the end, the building will include three efficiency units, 16 two-bedroom and two three-bedroom apartments. The rest will be a bedroom and a half or two bedrooms and a half, said Hollinsworth, the owner of JDH Construction.

You knew there'd be days like this. The kids are bored. There's nothing to do. Mini-spats are simmering. Slice-and-bake cookies - rolls of dough tucked in the refrigerator or freezer waiting to be sliced, baked and decorated - were created for just such emergencies “It's a great activity to do with children,” writes Elinor Klivans, a grandma, former pastry chef and cookbook author, in “Slice & Bake Cookies: Fast Recipes From Your Refrigerator...

CHICAGO - After its creation was announced via nationwide broadcast, people lined up to buy the very first versions. It's lightweight, has been the subject of fierce patent battles and is so addictive you can't put it down, even when you know you should. We're talking about jars of a Belgian cookie paste named speculoos spread. Sugary, smooth and spicy like a gingerbread cookie, the spread is a relatively new take on a classic European flavor that caused a stir in Belgium, stormed the European market and has become a “you have to try this!

Laura Ann Mount is the membership specialist for Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons, Aberdeen. Girl Scout cookies are here! The 2013 Girl Scout cookie sale kicked off Saturday. You have until March 9 to get your fill of Girl Scouts cookies for the year. Did you know that while the Girl Scout cookie sale is a fundraiser for Girl Scouts, it is also the largest girl-led business in the world? By participating in the cookie sale, girls learn five primary skills that will help them throughout their lives both in and out of Girl Scouts.

Thin Mints, Caramel Delights, Peanut Butter Patties and a host of classic cookies finally returned to Aberdeen Saturday. At noon, Rebecca Kiesz and Cassandra Curry of Girl Scout Troop 50038 set up a small table outside the Centsable Fashions' parking lot, and prepared for the first day of the year selling Girls Scout cookies. Dressed in uniform, the girls held up signs, waving to cars driving by and showed cookie boxes in an effort to attract customers. It worked. Kari Kiesz, Rebecca's mother and assistant troop leader, said the girls sold 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in two hours.

The Aberdeen Gluten Intolerance/Celiac Support Group will meet at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Primrose Living Center, 1701 Third Ave. S. Bring a dish to pass and eating utensils. Because of the Valentine's Day theme, you may bring cookies if you want to exchange.

The ladies of St. Mary's Parish will have their annual cookie sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. The sale is in the church's parish hall, 409 Second Ave. N.E., and homemade cookies and candy will be available.